CMT Training Programmes - Dewsbury
Backshaw Museum
The surrounding area
Dewsbury is a small but densely populated area, with around 171,000 residents. It was traditionally a heavy woollen district but today most of the textile mills have disappeared but plenty of fine Victorian architecture still stands. The heart of Dewsbury retains its charm as a traditional market town. Nowadays industry concentrates on engineering and services. As in keeping with the rest of Yorkshire there has been a significant increase in house building.
Dewsbury’s central location in both West Yorkshire and Northern England has many advantages. Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield are only a short drive away while Sheffield, Manchester and York are easily accessible via the motorway network in under an hour, giving access to professional opera, ballet and theatre and a wide range of top class sporting facilities. The Lake District and the Yorkshire Coast are within easy reach for day trips.
Dewsbury and District Hospital
The hospital offers a comprehensive range of medical, rehabilitation and surgical specialties and the facilities and environment are of a high standard. Approximately 1700 staff are employed on the Dewsbury site, offering a wide range of high quality services, primarily to the residents of North Kirklees, a population of 176,000. Our population is diverse, with approximately 11% coming from ethnic minority groups. A significant amount of investment has recently been put into further development of services at Dewsbury.Medicine and Elderly Medicine are integrated. The Medical Directorate has eight wards and a total of (211 beds) including acute elderly, admissions, various medical subspecialties, rehabilitation & palliative care.
Dewsbury Medical posts
Respiratory Medicine
There are 2 Consultants in Respiratory Medicine based on Ward 8. There are 2 Sprs, 1 CMT, 2 FY1s.The ward provides facilities for NIPPV. There are close links with HDU and ICU. The post-holder will do shifts on MAU where all acute admissions are assessed, except patients with acute coronary syndromes, who are taken to CCU, but again assessed by the post holder or the Registrar.
Gastroenterology
There are 2 consultants in gastroenterology based on ward 6. There are 2 CMTs, one Staff Grade, and 1 FY1. Endoscopies and ERCPs are performed in the Award winning Boothroyd Day Centre. Patients with significant GI Bleeds are managed on HDU and there
are close working relashionship with Intensivists on ICU.
Emergency Medicine
The ED manages approx 70,000 patients per year and is designated as a major trauma receiving unit. There are 4 Consultants, 1 Associate Specialist, 6 SpRs, 1 Staff Grade and 10 CMTs. The department has 3 resuscitation bays, with a further 2 dedicated to Paediatrics. In addition there are 8 major examination cubicles and 8 minor cubicles. The ED has access to a 6 bedded Observation unit that manages a range of patients including uncomplicated overdoses, head injuries and renal colic. The range of patients seen is very broad. There is 24 hour senior/middle grade support, with Consultants having direct clinical contact 12 hours per week day and weekend mornings and early afternoons. The duties of the ST 1 / 2 trainees are to make initial clinical assessment and management of the wide range of patients that attend the ED, with support from seniors. There are returns clinics every week day, reviewing a wide range of musculo-skeletal problems. There is an active teaching and audit program, in which trainees are expected to participate.